year and a day rule

Question 1

when was the year and a day rule first intorduced?

Answer 1

13th century

Question 2

what does the year and a day rule state?

Answer 2

if victims of assult lived for a year and a day their attackers could not be tried for manslaughter or murder

Question 3

what is an exmaple of a case invloving the year and a day rule?

Answer 3

micheal gibson assulted by david clark

micheal gibson- died after being in a coma for 2 months

Question 4

what was David Clark charged for and how long was the sentence?
(year and a day rule)

Answer 4

GBH- grevious bodily harm
jailed for 2 years HOWEVER was released before Micheal died

Question 5

who wanted to change the year and a day rule?

Answer 5

Micheal’s mother

Question 6

what did Micheals mother do to try to change the year and a day rule?

Answer 6

lauched-‘justice for Micheal’
urgered readers of newspaper( northern echo) to sign the petition demanding the rule be scrapped
published photos of Micheal in a coma in the nothern echo
this lead to thousands of readers to sign the petition

Question 7

what did Micheal’s mothers campaign lead to?
(year and a day rule)

Answer 7

local MP almost getting the rule scrapped
northern echo continued to push the campaign until
law was eventually passed

Question 8

what other type of campaign can this be classed as?

Answer 8

individual as the mother was campaigning as well